GLOSS M248
MURIELLE M131
Official No: 139991 Port Number and Year: 64th in Lowestoft, 1919 (LT568)
9th in Milford, 1922 (M248)
- in Boulogne, 1922
3rd in Milford, 1927 (M131)
- in Lowestoft, 1932 (LT269)
Description: Admiralty Steel Drifter. (As MURIELLE, liner.) Coal burning. Dandy rigged: foresail, mizzen
Crew: 8 men
Registered at Milford: As GLOSS 23 Mar 1922; as MURIELLE 14 Jun 1927
Built: 1919, by Colby Bros., Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.
Tonnage: 95.65 grt 40.66 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 86.2 / 18.55 / 9.3
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 43 nhp.; 9.5 kts.; engine by Pollit & Wigzall, Sowerby Bridge, and boiler by Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln.
Owners:
As GLOSS LT548
8 Oct 1919: Lion Fishing Co Ltd, Norwich
As M248
23 Mar 1922: Sarah Isobel Hancock, 5 Picton Rd., Hakin.
Manager: Peter Llewellyn Hancock
Renamed MURIELLE
22 Aug 1922: A. Maxton, 2 Quai Gambetta, Boulogne.
As M131
14 Jun 1927: Edward James Hellings, 5 Hamilton Tce., Milford
Manager Owner
As LT269
15 Aug 1932: William Barnard, 97 Denmark Rd., Lowestoft
Alfred Samuel Ling, 45 Royal Ave., Lowestoft
Sidney Owen Bird, 40 St. Leonard's Rd., Lowestoft.
(Later, and by 1937, Jubilee Fishing Co., Lowestoft)
Landed at Milford: As GLOSS: 25 Mar - 30 May 1922
As MURIELLE: 23 Jun 1927 - 15 Aug 1931
Skippers:
Notes: 8 Aug 1919: Launched for Admiralty service (Admy. no. 4165). Sold to mercantile in same year.
Aug 1922: Sold to French owners and renamed MURIELLE.
28 Sep 1941 Damaged by mine, 9 miles SW by S of Morecambe Bay lightship; sank 3 miles W by N of Blackpool Tower, while in tow.
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: As GLOSS 22 Aug 1922; as MURIELLE 13 Aug 1932
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